Recent content by Naitch

You’re the one arguing mainstream popularity. 🤷

Nobody’s denying Kyle Larson is huge in dirt racing circles. If you’re a hardcore sprint fan or even just a semi-regular at a dirt track, yeah, you probably know who he is. Totally fair to call him a superstar within the dirt world. But that’s the key, within the dirt world. 700 tracks doesn’t...

It’s not my opinion, it is a fact. No one outside of racing circles cares about Dirt sprint racing. It is a niche within a niche. World of Outlaws isn’t even on the mainstream radar. If anyone in the mainstream has heard of Larson, it’s because of his iRacing incident. NASCAR does a poor job of...

And before you yell “STICK AND BALL” or whatever else, the decline in mainstream popularity impacts all of us as fans. NASCAR relies on corporate dollars and they need proof of return on their investment. Race fans benefit when NASCAR is popular.

I am comparing him to his predecessors, who had mainstream notoriety and brought eyes to the sport. Dale Jr. and Jeff Gordon were household names. Gordon is still the only driver to host SNL. There is no driver today with an ounce of the mainstream notoriety that drivers had 15-20 years ago.

The average person does not give two ****s about open wheel dirt racing. Larson is popular because he races for HMS, is a genuinely exciting driver to watch, and (for some people) he was a victim of “cancel culture.” And even with all of that, he’s still not a name that is familiar to the...

This says more about the average fan than it does NASCAR. It’s not difficult to understand and does a better job of rewarding regular season performance than The Chase ever did.

I honestly don’t care what format we use, I just know NASCAR’s fanbase and how they react to things.

This is a perpetually aggrieved fanbase. You have 20 years old on Reddit waxing nostalgic for the full season system. The minute someone pulls a late 90s Jeff Gordon and pounds the field, they’ll start bitching about it. We have people who are nostalgic for snore fest tracks. Whatever NASCAR...

Bowman is by no means a bad driver but he’s the clear weak link at HMS. He’s a one win per year guy (with the exception of 2021) and his average finish is consistently between 14th and 17th for his entire Hendrick tenure. Those are good but not spectacular numbers. There’s a good argument that...

Dennis had no power steering, the moron should have just pushed Bubba to the win and then they could’ve focused on giving the best stuff to Reddick next week. Just wow

Bubba needed a win and Dennis was good on points. The move should be obvious to everyone but that MENSA candidate.

Dennis is a ****** idiot

Whoever gets Heim is getting a winner. I just hope he doesn’t get stuck at LMC.

He doesn’t really have a lot of options so he has to be okay with it.